(ANSA) – ROME, JUN 09 – Finance returns to investing in retail: 2021 closed with 45 new transactions, up 36% compared to 2019, equal to an invested amount of 557 million euros. In the first quarter of this year, out of 81 new investments by private equity, 5 are in retail. From 2015 to 2021, 165 deals were made in retail with an invested amount of approximately 1.7 billion euros. To rattle off the data of the sector is the president of Confimprese, Mario Resca, opening the proceedings of the meeting on “Finance & Retail”, at Palazzo Mezzanotte.
“There is a synergistic relationship between finance and retail, with the former providing the necessary resources to stimulate the growth of commercial networks in Italy and abroad”, explains Resca, adding that “the winning asset that can guide the private sector equity towards retail operations is the ability of retailers to combine the development of the physical network with the e-commerce proposal with strategies capable of integrating services to the simple resale of products. Even sectors, in which the physical point of delivery seemed essential and central like catering, today they offer usability of their products and services both on site and with home delivery formulas “. However, “the fact remains that Italian funds invest only in Italy and are still small compared to countries such as France, Spain and Germany”. Domestic funds must therefore “change gear and aspire to international operations”. In 2021, according to Aifi data, France, which leads the ranking, invested 27 billion euros (+ 53%) against 12.6 billion in Germany (-16%), 7.5 in Spain (+19 %) and 7 in Italy (+ 33%). (HANDLE).
Source: Ansa
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